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Do it Yourself or Hire a Professional?

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Website Design Professional in Tips for Website Owners, Website Design

hire a professional designer or do it yourself?Very good question and really, it depends on several things. The most important thing is how skilled you or your employees are in the software and technology needed to build a professional website.

Remember: your website is often a potential customer’s first look at your company. With nearly all, if not all, of your competition sporting websites of their own, you have to be able to stand out from the crowd and present an online ’storefront’ that makes you visually appealing and worthy of a second look.

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Color in Website Design

Posted on 07. Jul, 2009 by Website Design Professional in Website Design

Paint brushesColors are extremely important in ALL marketing endeavors and, in my opinion, even more so in website design. With just a few seconds to make an impression online and the need to ‘hook’ a visitor into your site growing stronger and stronger, color is a HUGE consideration when designing a website.

People have emotional reactions to colors; that in turn, can make or break the visitor’s feelings about your website, your brand, your company and ultimately your entire business. Keep in mind that a lot of these reactions happen on the ‘gut’ level, meaning that people don’t even know they are having these reactions!

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